Carrier-sling.



R. Y. MclNTYRE.

'CARRIER SLING.

APPLICATION FVILEDAPR. 23, 1915.

1 ,184, 1 90. Patented May 2.3, 1916.

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,-RUssELnY- MGINTYRE, ,or NEWMAN, ,ILLINoIsgAssIGNon ory ONE-HALF rro JAMES n'McIN'rYRn, or NEWMAN, ILLINOIS.

' ycriait;:fm-sLING..

Be it knownthat I, RUSSELL Y."MoIN-. TYRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the town of Newman, county of Douglas, and State of Illinois, have invented certainfnew and useful'. Improvements in Carrier-Slings, of whichthe following is a specification. Y f

Myinvention relates to improvements in carrier slings such as are used in the hauling `of bales of hay, cotton and the like, and hasl for its object the production ofa slingA of this character which ywill be'of `improved construction and eiicient in operation.

A further object'is the production of a sling which will be adapted to automatically tighten` itself about the load carried thereby.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.V With these objects in view, the invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. Y

The invention will'be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in tion of ya carrier slingVr of slightly modiedl form, 'and'Fig 4 is a front elevation of the upper endportion ofthe construction shown in Fig. 3.

One form of construction, as illustrated in the drawing, comprises a chain 1 or sling proper which is connected at its upper end withjan eye l2 through the medium of which theslingmay be connected'with theu'sual depending. hook yof 'ai conventionaly carrier. Loosely slidable upon the chainl is a sleeve 8 upon one side of which is arranged a finger 4: pivotally secured atl 5 between outwardly projecting ears 6 formed upon a plate? which is secured rigidly to sleeve 3. Finger 4, is adaptedfor engagement with'the outer end of the chain l, the terminal link of the chain ybeing adapted for engagement over said linger, as clearly shown in Fig. v1.

The finger 4 is held in operative position by means of a detent 8 having a Vbifurcated rearward end which is fulcrumed at 9 to the sleeve 3. The arrangement is such, as will be seen, that the detent 8 is adapted to enf specitcation of Letters Patent.

' Patented May'23, 1916.

' .Application tied Apri123, 1915. serial'No. 23,353.

' fluenceof the chain end engaging therewith,

in order to release said chain end so as to dropthe load' supported by the sling. The

detent 8 is rocked upwardly vto releasing positionby means of a trip rope 10 which is connected at one end with the outer end of said detent,.said rope projecting upwardly -Vover achannel pulley 11 mounted in the eye 2, as shown.

With the construction set forth, it will be seen that the sleeve 3 is free for sliding along the chain 1 with the result that, when the sling is engaged with a load, said sleeve 3 will slide along the chain under the iniuence of the outer end of the chain which is connected therewith and thus effect, automatically, the tightening of the sling about the load. This will, of course, prevent accidental slipping of the load from the sling since, with the construction set forth, the heavier the load the more secure will be the engagement thereof by the sling. Also, with the arrangement disclosed, after the detent 8 has been tripped by the rope 10 to release the sling, said rope will serve as a means of pulling the sling back for engagement with a second load, thus avoiding the necessityof the provision of a second rope for this purpose.

' The construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4t is identical to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

2. is provided for engagement with the sling chain 1 which is not equipped with a channel pulley 11 for engagement with the trip rope 10. In lieu of this construction, however,'the eye 2 is formed with a semi-circus lar depression or recess 12 for engagement with the rope, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modificationv without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth,

but desire to avail myself of such variations l and modiiications as come within the scope of the appended claims. Y

Having described my invention I what IV claim as new and desire to Vsecure by Letters Patentis: Y Y v Y Y 1. A .carrier Ysling` comprising 'a il'Xble' element; a member at one end 0f Vsaidfele-g ment for connecting the same to a support;

a sleeve loosely slidable on saidV element; a'

fingery pivotally mounted on said sleeve for releasably connecting the opposite end of said flexible' element thereto; a detentv for releasably holding said nger in operative position and adapted to b e 'rocked upwardly to release saidfnger; and a trip yrope oper-af tively conneoted'wth said detent, said oonnecting member havingan opening at its upper end for engagement with a support land 7 for guiding said trip rope, 'substantially as described. Y

2'. A. Carrier sling Y comprsing'fajflexble l' element; a member at one end of saidfel'- .A ment for connecting thesamfe to a support;

@Sleeve-'loosely slidableon isaid element'ya Y nger pivotally mounted `onbsaid Sleevefor relea'sfably cnneeting {tHef-ppsit end` "said 'eiz'ible'je'lement thereto; aY detent '01225` releas'ably kholding said finger lin' operative position and adapted 4to lberocked upwardly to release said linger; a trip rope operatiyely connected With saiddete'nt, Said 'conneeting' ,member having 'anopeningin itsupperendf for engagement Withv a support and vfor guide.

lower portion of s'aid opening for engagef e ment with "saidtrip 1k"( p`e',substantially'asjde-V I scribed.,v Y if f In testimony 'whereof' Izhave'sgiidgfr name to' this speC-Cat" n l two subscribingfwitnesses.

, RUSSELLYJMC Witnesses; y

Y GROV'ER E', MC'QUEEN,

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